Collector’s Edition

It’s hard to believe that Eve Online has been around for 10 years, but the sci-fi MMO has stood the test of time. It has kept its core audience intact and expanded it, a feat few of its peers have accomplished. Credit the game’s player-driven economy and compelling gameplay. As the MMO enters its next 10 years, the folks at CCP are offering an anniversary edition marking the milestone. Appropriately called Eve: The Second Decade Collector’s Edition, the entry is for hard-core fans who must own everything Eve or someone who is looking to get into the MMO. I had a chance to unbox one recently and here’s what’s in the $149.99 item.

It feels like I’m in a time warp, seeing the Terminator-ish skull logo of Stone Cold Steve Austin again. It’s a throwback to the whole Attitude Era of the WWE. It’s the period when Degeneration X, Mankind and the Rock came up amid plenty of soap opera absurdities. I was more of a 1980s-era guy but I can respect what the likes of Stone Cold Steve Austin did. It seems THQ liked the Attitude Era, too, and decided to create aWWE 13 Austin 3:16 Collector’s Edition. It will focus on one of the most well-known wrestlers of his generation.

The Austin 3:16 edition, which is pictured above, will include:

1) A special package featuring the aforementioned Terminator-ish skull
2) Collectible Art card autographed by Stone Cold Steve Austin. (I wonder if it’s really autographed or just one of those fake signature thingies.)
3) In-game Stone Cold Steve Austin T-shirt
4) A Stone Cold Steve Austin special in-game entrance with an ATV
5) A “Stone Code Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time” Blu-Ray/DVD. Wow that’s a crazy long title.
6) A copy of WWE 13, of course
7) Access to the Mike Tyson preorder DLC

The package will cost $79.99, which sounds like a decent deal, given the extra content and Blu-ray. It’s set for release Oct. 30.